Seahawks GM John Schneider said this year's draft has 'some gaps'

The Seattle Seahawks, like most teams, have been built largely through the NFL draft.

With the big event just around the corner, Seahawks’ scouts, personnel department and general manager John Schneider have been busy preparing their draft board with the team’s top prospects.

Schneider acknowledged he liked last year’s draft class better.

“I don’t like it quite as much as I liked it last year,” Schneider said. “I think there’s different parts of it that I do like and that we want to pick in that range.”

Schneider had a lot to say during his radio interview Wednesday with 710 ESPN Seattle’s “Brock and Salk.” The general manager and his wife joined the show to primarily discuss Autism Awareness Month and their charity, Ben’s Fund, but Schneider found a minute to talk football.

“Last year I just felt like it was thick all the way through and we wanted to pick players all the way through,” Schneider continued. “This year seems like there’s some gaps in there – which for us not having a fourth or fifth may work out in our favor.”

The Seahawks have seven selections in this year’s draft, including their compensatory picks: first round (26th), second round (58), third (90), third (102), third (106), sixth (210), and seventh (226).

The team traded their fourth-rounder to the Patriots last year and lost their fifth round selection this season due to an OTA violation in June.

Regardless of his thoughts on this year’s class, gaps or not, Schneider will have some choices to make come late April.